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Le Flambeau School of Driving

By Reviewed by William Shetter on February 1, 2017

By Peggy Senger Morrison. Unction Press, 2016. 314 pages. $15/paperback; $10/eBook. Rarely have I read a book focused on our […]

William Shetter is a member of Bloomington (Ind.) Meeting. He has recently written on the psalms as spiritual directors.

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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

By Reviewed by Pamela Haines on February 1, 2017

By Arlie Russell Hochschild. The New Press, 2016. 315 pages. $27.95/hardcover; $27.99/eBook. One of the most troubling aspects of our […]

Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.

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The Root of War Is Fear: Thomas Merton’s Advice to Peacemakers

By Reviewed by Bill Chapman on February 1, 2017

By Jim Forest. Orbis Books, 2016. 224 pages. $25/paperback; $20.50/eBook. Jim Forest was Thomas Merton’s longtime friend and colleague in […]

Bill Chapman is a member of Indianapolis First Friends Meeting in Indiana. Bill is also the clerk of the Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation.

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Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us (Revised and Expanded Edition)

By Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar on February 1, 2017

By Adele Ahlberg Calhoun. InterVarsity Press, 2015. 352 pages. $22/paperback; $16.99/eBook. The back cover of Adele Ahlberg Calhoun’s book, Spiritual […]

Bob Dixon-Kolar teaches writing at a community college in Illinois and is a member of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.

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Enlarging Our Circle of Love

By Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal on February 1, 2017

By Margaret Fisher. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 440), 2016. 32 pages. $7/pamphlet. A physician, organic gardener, and member of Baltimore […]

Carl Blumenthal is a member of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Meeting. He was a culture critic at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle for 20 years. Food was one of his beats.

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Making a Portrait of Jesus

By Reviewed by Brad Sheeks on February 1, 2017

By John Lampen. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 441), 2016. 33 pages. $7/pamphlet. Many have found their way to the Religious […]

Brad Sheeks is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting and with his wife, Patricia McBee, has moved to Newtown, Pa., to enjoy retirement and live closer to daughter, Jennie, and her family.

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Out of the Ordinary: A Life of Gender and Spiritual Transitions

By In Brief review by Karie Firoozmand on February 1, 2017

By Michael Dillon/Lobzang Jivaka. Fordham University Press, 2016. 256 pages. $34.95/hardcover; $19.99/eBook. Here is a memoir written in 1960 but […]

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Resolving Difference—in our ways of speaking about God or the ultimate reality

By In Brief review by Karie Firoozmand on February 1, 2017

By Rex Ambler. Quaker Universalist Group Pamphlets (number 35), 2016. 28 pages. £2/pamphlet (see qug.org.uk). North American Friends are familiar […]

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Words

By In Brief review by Karie Firoozmand on February 1, 2017

By Harvey Gillman. The Friend Publications, 2016. 56 pages. $9/paperback (available from QuakerBooks). British Friend Harvey Gillman deserves to be […]

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